An excerpt from incumbent Philippine president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s June 30 inaugural address.
Excerpts from The Doha Declaration for Democracy and Reform, a statement issued by more than a hundred participants at a June 3-4 conference in Doha sponsored by Qatar University’s Center for Gulf Studies. Also excerpted is a speech opening the conference by Qatar’s Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani.
Excerpts from a July 11 inaugural speech by newly elected Serbian president Boris Tadic of the Democratic Party.